53rd Vanier Cup

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53rd Vanier Cup
Date TBD
Stadium Tim Hortons Field
Location Hamilton, ON
Broadcasters
Network TV: Sportsnet,
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
< 52nd Vanier Cup 54th Vanier Cup >

The 2017 Vanier Cup, the 53rd edition of the Canadian university football championship, will take place at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario in November or December in 2017.[1] This will be the fifth time that the city of Hamilton has hosted the Vanier Cup and the second consecutive year that the championship will be played at Tim Hortons Field. With this game, the city of Hamilton will surpass Quebec City as the second most frequent host of Vanier Cup games. Quebec city has hosted four games and Toronto has hosted the most times with 41 games at three different venues.

Semi-Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will host the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will host the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Uteck Bowl.[2]

References

  1. CIS football: Hamilton to host Vanier Cup in 2016 and 2017 from Canadian Interuniversity Sport, January 18, 2015, retrieved 2016-01-18.
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